Deliverance

1972 · directed by John Boorman

Rating

79/100

Hit

no

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Deliverance (1972), directed by John Boorman, rates 79/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Jon Voight
• Burt Reynolds
• Ned Beatty
• Ronny Cox
• Ed Ramey
• Billy Redden
• Seamon Glass
• Randall Deal
• Bill McKinney
• Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward

Crew

• Vilmos Zsigmond — Director of Photography
• Tom Priestley — Editor
• James Dickey — Screenplay

More from John Boorman

1. Lumière & Company (1995) — 80/100 · hit
2. Point Blank (1967) — 79/100
3. Hope and Glory (1987) — 79/100
4. The General (1998) — 75/100
5. The Emerald Forest (1985) — 74/100
6. Excalibur (1981) — 69/100

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